Suffragettes vs. police: The women prepared to go to prison for the vote

A “Lancashire lassie” being escorted through the palace yard, in Westminster Palace, London.

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July 5, 1910

A woman campaigning for the vote is restrained by policemen. British women did not win full voting rights until 1928

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The women of this smart capital are beautiful.Their beauty is disturbing to business;their feet are beautiful; their ankles are beautiful,but here I must pause – for they are not interested in the state